There’s a sense that what we are witnessing in this book is just the beginning of long, dark thread of horror. The mastery and synergy of storytelling through both text and illustrations pulses with a darkness. The creepy vibe of this book can’t be overstated. The Dali elongated creatures with tendrils and antlers and crazed eyes are like none seen before. The pastel color palette of the Spill Zone pages is an unexpected and striking choice which is both enticing and creepy. Each frame is well designed and begs for repeat viewings. With rich colors and a sketch-like quality, readers feel as if they are moving quickly through the story with the characters. The illustrations by Alex Puvilland are enthralling. Addison knows that if she succeeds on the mission she’ll never have to go to the Spill Zone again, but survival is highly unlikely. Vandersloot, and she sends her on a million dollar mission. She’s beautiful without being sexualized, she is confident without being grating, and she acts in the interest of survival, but also with a longing to create art.Īfter one of her excursions, Addison meets her biggest collector, Ms.

Addison is a refreshing female graphic novel heroine. She then sells the photos on the deep black market. The only way that Addison can make money is to risk her life by breaking into the Spill Zone and taking photos of what she encounters. Vespertine has some deeper connection to the magic and darkness of the spill. Although Lexa doesn’t speak, we see her mentally speak with her creepy, and seemingly possessed doll Vespertine. Knowing that her parents were lost in the spill, Addison has taken on the role of care-giver for her sister, Lexa. The area is quarantined and named, the Spill Zone.

An unexplained “spill” disaster has destroyed Poughkeepsie and any living creatures who were exposed to the spill are now frozen in a meat puppet state.

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